RHBA-2007:0404 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated udev packages that fixes various bugs are now available.

Description

The udev package implements a dynamic device directory providing only the
devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user-space,
dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming as well
as a user-space API. udev replaces devfs in order to provide greater hot
plug functionality.

These updated packages provide the following bug fixes:

• Add dynamic configuration according to CPU and memory information

allowing for increased scalability and decreasing the boot time.

• all helper tools ( *_id ) are statically linked again.
• raw1394 is now created correctly fixing a bug causing it to create

/dev/raw1394 instead of /dev/raw/raw1394.

All users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 226997 - udevd read buffer too small.
• BZ - 233307 - RHEL5: /sbin/scsi_id.static is missing in udev rpm
• BZ - 233956 - udev firewire rules conflict with raw devices
• BZ - 236242 - specfile bug causes *_id commands to be dynamically linked

CVEs

(none)

References

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